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The paper sets out the hypothesis that historical language materials have considerable potential for use in the study of the Baltic-Slavic borderlands. It briefly outlines preliminary results of research on language cont...

This paper studies the grammaticalization of possessive predicates into negative auxiliaries expressing main clause negation in the Bantu languages of the Middle and Lower Zambezi River region. Drawing on a convenience s...

The Netherlands traded extensively with Japan between 1609 and 1854. During this period the Dutch exported not only goods into Japan, but also books which they sold to the Japanese. In due course, Japanese interpreters a...

This study examines the phonological and intonational patterns of Mirandese, a minority Astur-Leonese language spoken in northeastern Portugal. Despite increasing research interest, intonation in Mirandese remains unders...

Algeria knows a particular linguistic and cultural situation, due to repeated invasions. It is a crossroads where several languages and cultural diversity meet. We cannot speak of languages and cultures without evoking t...

Si bien el conector contrastivo ´pero´ suele ocupar la posición inicial en la oración que introduce, algunos dialectos del español pueden ubicar este elemento al final de la oración. Este trabajo presenta varias pr...

Roma began to emancipate themselves more significantly as a non-territorial minority in the former Czechoslovakia in the second half of the 20th century. Emancipation has taken place in various successive and parallel wa...

After 1882, the development of the University of Prague and its division reflected the situation of Czech and German society in the Czech Lands. While German Studies at the German university of Prague since 1882, when th...

One of the main challenges facing local authorities in the regions affected by the current refugee and migrant crisis is to properly deal with the healthcare dimension, both in terms of providing adequate healthcare to m...

Este trabajo analiza los cambios lingüísticos que se documentan en el sistema pronominal átono de tercera persona del español hablado en la frontera argentino-paraguaya, al menos en la variedad oral. Estos cambios in...

Nos séculos XVI e XVII, jesuítas escreveram gramáticas de duas das línguas indígenas faladas no Brasil colonial: José de Anchieta e Luís Figueira descreveram o tupi antigo em 1595 e ca. 1621 respectivamente; Luís...

ABSTRACT Teletandem is a virtual, collaborative, and autonomous context in which two speakers of different languages use the text, voice, and webcam image resources of VOIP technology (Skype) to help each other learn the...

Abstract Language plays a central role in the assessment of individuals with psychosis, from taking a medical history to evaluating cognitive function. However, speaking multiple languages can significantly influence lin...

Este artigo apresenta uma breve descrição da variante étnica da língua portuguesa falada pelos parkatêjê, a qual, provavelmente, devido à situação de contato entre as duas línguas, têm características de amba...

Transformer-based protein language models (PLMs) learn meaningful representations from millions of unlabeled sequences, capturing evolutionary patterns and functional relationships. Recent advances include ESM-2’s syst...

With growing emancipation of the Deaf, sign language has been making its way into conference rooms, entering in contact not only with foreign sign languages, but also with spoken ones. Logically, this entails the need fo...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of 12‐step programs in reducing the use of illicit drugs. The review summarises findings from 10 studies, nine of which were conducted in the United States. Th...

Abstract Background Worldwide, a large number of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers are enroled in formal non‐parental early childhood education or care (ECEC). Theoretically, lower adult/child ratios (fewer children ...

This Campbell systematic review assesses the effects of advocacy interventions on intimate partner violence and women's wellbeing. The review summarizes findings from 13 studies. Physical abuse: After one year, brief adv...

Objetivo: El objetivo de este artículo es presentar un panorama de las problemáticas y desafíos que enfrentan las ciudades Chinas en la actualidad en un contexto de acelerada urbanización. Metodología: Para ello se ...

The occurrence of serum antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in professionals in close contact with wild animals was determined. Seventy eight technicians workers coming from two São Paulo public institutions housing wild...

The following study deals with the practical application of confiscatory agricultural Decree No. 12/1945. It deals in particular with the confiscation of aristocrat Josef Windischgrätz’ manor farm estate Velhartice. S...

This Campbell Systematic Review examines the effectiveness of different approaches for promoting handwashing and sanitation behaviour change, and factors affecting implementation, in low and middle‐income countries. Th...

Recent advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping collaborative and industrial robotics, enabling a transition from deterministic, pre-programmed automation toward adaptive, learning- enabled systems. This paper s...